Receptacle-filler.



1.1. WILBER.

RECEPTACLE FILLER.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.2, I9I6.

1,226,042. Patented May 15, 1917.

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ETE @Tf1 LYMAI'T J'. WILBER, OF BROCKTON,I1VIASSACHUSETTS.

RECEPTACLE-FILLER.

Specification ef Letters Patent.

lratented May 15, 1917.

Application led August 2, 1916. Serial No. 112,709.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LYMAN J'VVILBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Receptacle# Fillers, of which the following is a specifi cation.

This invention relates to means :tor filling barrels, cans, and other receptacles, a con duit being employed having aY delivering portion adapted to enter the receptacle and a receiving portion to which the liquid is admitted by suitable means. The conduit is provided with a normally closed valve adapted to be opened and locked in an open position, meansbeing provided for unlocking the valve and permitting it to close when theV liquid in the receptacle reaches a suitable height.

The invention has for its object to provide certain improvements in the means for manually opening, automatically locking, and automatically unlocking the valve, and is embodied in the improvements hereinafterdescribed and claimed. Y

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part ot this specification,

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a receptacle iller embodying my invention applied to a barrel, parts being broken away and parts shown in section.

Fig. .9 represents a top plan view of the filler.

Fig. 3 represents a fragmentary eleva-` tion illustrating the locking means when the valve is open.

Fig. 4 represents a view similar to Fig. 3 illustrating the locking means when the liquid has reached ay predetermined height in the receptacle. I

Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1. V

(l and 7 represent fragmentary sectional views showing the valve stein rotated to different position tor purposes hereinafter described. i

Fig. 8 represents a 'fragmentary elevation illustrating the action of the auxiliary lockingmeans hereinafter described.

Fig. 9 represents a perspective view of the bracket hereinafter described.

Fig. 10 represents a section on line 10-1() of Fig. 1.

The same. reference characters .indicate tht'. saine parte in all the thru-ree' preferably employed.

12 represents the inlet or receiving portion, and 13 the delivering portion of an angular conduit, the receiving portion being adapted by means of a screw thread 14: or otherwise to be coupled to a supply pipe, and the delivering portion being adapted to enter an orifice in a barrel 15 or other receptacle. r1`he delivering portion is provided with a valve seat 16 with which cooperates a valve 17 normally closed by suitable means such as the spring 18. i

The valve is provided with a'stem which includes a lower portion 19 projecting into the delivering portion ot the conduit and an upper portion 19n projecting through a stuling box 2O on an upper wall et the conduit, the portion 19a being manually movable to open the valve.

The lower portion 19 constitutes a part of the means for locking the valve open and as here shown is toothed on one side` a plurality oi' ratchet-shaped teeth 21 being The complemental part of said locking means is a detent 22 pivoted at to a bracket 2st (Fig. 9) attachedby screws Q5 I to the delivering portion 13. The upper arm ot said detent is provided with a shoulder 26 which is normally pressed toward the stem portion 19in; a spring 9.7. said shoulder being pressed against the stem portion 19 above the toothed portion when the valve is closed, as shown by -1. W'hen the valve is open`r as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1; the shoulder 9.6 engages a stem tooth 21. as shown by Figff. so that the valve is automatically locked in .its open position.

Mounted to oscillate on a fixed fulcrinn in the delivery portion of the conduit is a bell crank lever comprising a longer arm which includes a. float 29 and a shank 29a,

and a shorter detent-displacing arm 30, constituting a trip, said tulerum being a pin 28 engaged with the bracket, The float 29 is hollow and hermetically sealed and preferably made of thin lsheet metal. the main portion oi which is cylindrical, the shank 29a being suitably secured to one of the heads of the cylinder. When the device is not in use the float 29 is preferably stored in the delivering portion 13 oi the conduit, such portion being cut away at one side to form an opening 1.".5a through which the float may swing outwardlv from the delivering port-ion. indicated by dotted lines in Fig 1. The relative arrangement ofthe float and its shorter arm is such that when the float is stored in the delivering portion the shorter arm is separated lfrom the lower portion of the detent 22. When the flo-at is displaced and 'swung upwardly the shorter arm or tripa 30 gradually approaches the detent 22 and finally abuts against the samel to displace it, as indicated by Fig, 4, and thus automatically unlock and permit the closing of thev valve.

rlhe operation of the parts thus far described is as follows: The delivering portion 13 is inserted in the receptacle 15, and the valve 17 is manually opened and automatically locked as above described, the detent shoulder 26 being brought into engagement with the tooth 21, as indicated by F ig. 3. The liquid now flows through the conduit into the receptacle. The stream of liquid impinges on the upper head 29" of the float, said head being inclined relatively to the path of said stream, as shown by Fig. 1, this inclination causing the impact of the descending liquid to partially displace the float outwardly from the delivering portion 13, so that vthe'iioat is inclined and is in position to be acted on and further displaced by liquid rising in the receptacle. When the rising liquid contacts with the partially displaced ioat it further displaces the latter until the shorter arm or trip 30 abuts againstthe detent 22 and displaces the same, as indicated by Fig. 4, the valve being thus automatically unlocked and allowed to close.

The shorter arm 30 is preferably provided with an adjustable member which may be ,a

. screw 31 one end of which constitutes the portion which abuts against the detent, said abutting portion being adjustable to regulate the height at which the liquid rises in the receptacle before unlocking the valve.

The valve stem is adapted to b e rotated to move its toothed side out of engagement with the detent and thus unlock the valve in case of failure of the unlocking means above described to operate. The upper stem 19a is provided with a handle 33 by which the stem may be rotated, said handle serving also to indicate the position of the toothed side of the stem. When the stem is turned to the position shown yby Eig. 6y its toothed portion is moved Vaway from the detent.

I have provided auxiliary locking means for locking the valve in its closed position, said means being embodied in a locking member 35, which is a notch formed in the detent 22 and a complemental member 36 which is an ear formed on one side of the stemf'portion (19 and adapted to enter said nOtQh when the stem is turned to the positien Shown' bv'FsS- Y and 8-y the' ,handle 33 serving to indicate the position Iof the auX- liaivlocking meinble'r 364' j Y The valvelmay 'be opened by means of a vforked end 38a engaging shoulders on the stem portion 19a.

The stutling box 20 and bracket 40 are Y.preferably supported by a cap or cover 41 forming the portion of the conduit wall through which the valve stem passes and detachably secured to the body portion of the conduit. The conduit when used with a barrel may be provided with a flange 42 having bearing screws 43 adapted to rest on the barrel. Having described my invention, I claim: 1. A receptacle filler comprising a conduit having a delivering portion kadapted to enter a receptacle and provided with a valve seat, a normally closed valve cooperating with said seat, means whereby the valve may be manually opened, automatic means for locking the valve in an open position, and a lever supported by and adapted to oscillate on a fixed fulcrum in the delivering portion of the conduit and having a longer arm pro vided with a float, and a shorter arm, the c said lioat being displaceable by liquid rising in the receptacle, and the shorter arm constituting a trip adapted to render said locking means inoperative and automatically unlock the valve when the float is displaced by the rise of liquid in the receptacle.

2. A receptacle filler comprising a conduit having a delivering portion adapted to enter a receptacle and provided with a valve seat, a normally closed valve cooperating with said seat, means whereby the valve may be manually opened, automatic means for locking the valve in an open position, and a lever supported by and adapted to oscillate on a fixed fulcrum in the delivering portion of the conduit and having a longer arm provided with a iioat, and a shorter arm,rthe said float being displaceable by liquid rising in the receptacle, and the shorter arm constituting a trip adapted to render said locking` means inoperative and automatically unlock the valve when the float is displaced by the rise of liquid in the receptacle` =the shorter arm being provided with an adjustable member whereby the float-displacing rise of liquid maybe regulated.

3. A receptacle filler comprising a conduit having .a delivering portion adapted to enter a receptacle and provided with a valve seat, a normally closed valve coperating with said seat. means whereby the valve may be manually opened, automatic means for locking the valve in an open position, and a lever fulcrumed on the delivering por tion of the conduit .and having a longer arm provided with a float, and a shorter arm, the said float being displaceable by liquid rising in the receptacle, and the shorter Varm being arranged to render said locking means inoperative and unlock the valve when the conduit having an opening in one side permitting the outward displacement of the float, and the float being adapted to normally occupy said delivering portion, andhaving an inclined head arranged to be displaced outwardly from the delivering portion by a stream of liquid flowing therethrough, to prepare the float for further dis'- placement by liquid rising in the receptacle.

4. A receptacle filler comprising a conduit having a delivering portion adapted to enter a receptacle and provided with a valve seat, a normally closed valve cooperating with said seat and provided with a stem composed oi" an upper portion projecting above the valve through a wall oit' the conduit and a lower portion projecting below the valve into said delivering portion, said upper portion being manually movable to open the valve, and the lower portion being toothed `at one side, a spring-pressed detent adapted to automatically engage a tooth onx said lower portion and lock the valve open, and means operable by a rise of liquid in the receptacle to shift said detent and unlock the valve.

5. A receptacle Eller comprising a conduit having a delivering portion adaptedto enter a receptacle and provided with a valve seat, a normally closed valve cooperating with said seat and provided with a stem composed of an upper portion projecting above the valve through a wall of the conduit and a lower portion projecting below the valve into said delivering portion,I said upper portion being manually movable to open the valve, and the lower portion being toothed at one side, a spring-pressed detent adapted to automatically engage a tooth on said lower portion and lock the valve open, and means operable by a rise of liquid in the receptacle to shift said detent and unlock the valve, the valve stem being rotatable to move its toothed side out of engagement with said detent and unlock the valve.

6. A receptacle ller comprising a conduit having a delivering portion adapted to enter a receptacle and provided with a valve seat, a normally closed valve coperating with said seat and provided with .a stem composed of an upper portion projecting above the valve through a wall of the conduit and a ilower portion projecting below the valve into said delivering portion, said upper portion being manually movable to open the valve, and the lower portion being toothed at one side, a spring-pressed detent adapted to automatically engage a tooth on said lower portion and lock the valveopen, and means operable by a rise of liquid in the receptacle to shift said detent and unlock the valve, the valve stem being rotatable to move its toothed side out of engagement with said detent and unlock the valve, and provided with a handle serving to rotate the stem and to indicate the position of its toothed side.

7. A. receptacle filler comprising a conduit having a delivering portion adapted to enter a receptacle and provided with a valve seat, a normally closed valve cooperating with said seat and provided with .a stem composed of an upper portion projecting above the valve through a wall of the conduit and a lower portion projecting below the valve into said delivering portion, said upper portion being manually movable to open the valve, and the lower portion being toothed yat one side, a spring-pressed detent adapted to automatically engage a tooth on said lower portion and lock the valve open, and means operable by a rise of liquid in the receptacle to shift said detent and unlock the valve, the valve stem being rotatable, and the lower portion of the stem and the detent being provided with complemental auxiliary locking members operable by a partial rotation of the stem to lock the valve in its closed position, the upper portion of the stem being-provided with a handle serving to rotate the stem and to indicate they position of its auxiliary locking member.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature.

LYMAN J. WILBER.

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